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The Elevated Places
In the name of Allah,
the Beneficent, the Merciful.
[7.1] Alif Lam Mim Suad.
[7.2] A Book revealed to you-- so let there be no
straitness in your breast on account of it-- that you may
warn thereby, and a reminder close to the
believers.
[7.3] Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord
and do not follow guardians besides Him, how little do you
mind.
[7.4] And how many a town that We destroyed, so Our
punishment came to it by night or while they slept at
midday.
[7.5] Yet their cry, when Our punishment came to them, was
nothing but that they said: Surely we were unjust.
[7.6] Most certainly then We will question those to whom
(the apostles) were sent, and most certainly We will also
question the apostles;
[7.7] Then most certainly We will relate to them with
knowledge, and We were not absent.
[7.8] And the measuring out on that day will be just; then
as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is heavy, those
are they who shall be successful;
[7.9] And as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is light
those are they who have made their souls suffer loss
because they disbelieved in Our communications.
[7.10] And certainly We have established you in the earth
and made in it means of livelihood for you; little it is
that you give thanks.
[7.11] And certainly We created you, then We fashioned you,
then We said to the angels: Make obeisance to Adam. So they
did obeisance except Iblis; he was not of those who did
obeisance.
[7.12] He said: What hindered you so that you did not make
obeisance when I commanded you? He said: I am better than
he: Thou hast created me of fire, while
him Thou didst create of dust.
[7.13] He said: Then get forth from this (state), for it
does not befit you to behave proudly therein. Go forth,
therefore, surely you are of the abject ones.
[7.14] He said: Respite me until the day when they are
raised up.
[7.15] He said: Surely you are of the respited ones.
[7.16] He said: As Thou hast caused me to remain
disappointed I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy
straight path.
[7.17] Then I will certainly come to them from before them
and from behind them, and from their right-hand side and
from their left-hand side; and Thou shalt not
find most of them thankful.
[7.18] He said: Get out of this (state), despised, driven
away; whoever of them will follow you, I will certainly
fill hell with you all.
[7.19] And (We said): O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in
the garden; so eat from where you desire, but do not go
near this tree, for then you will be of the
unjust.
[7.20] But the Shaitan made an evil suggestion to them that
he might make manifest to them what had been hidden from
them of their evil inclinations, and he said: Your Lord has
not forbidden you this tree except that you may not both
become two angels or that you may (not) become of the
immortals.
[7.21] And he swore to them both: Most surely I am a
sincere adviser to you.
[7.22] Then he caused them to fall by deceit; so when they
tasted of the tree, their evil inclinations became manifest
to them, and they both began to cover themselves with the
leaves of the garden; and their Lord called out to them:
Did I not forbid you both from that tree and say to you
that the Shaitan is your open enemy?
[7.23] They said: Our Lord! We have been unjust to
ourselves, and if Thou forgive us not, and have (not) mercy
on us, we shall certainly be of the losers.
[7.24] He said: Get forth, some of you, the enemies of
others, and there is for you in the earth an abode and a
provision for a time.
[7.25] He (also) said: Therein shall you live, and therein
shall you die, and from it shall you be raised.
[7.26] O children of Adam! We have indeed sent down to you
clothing to cover your shame, and (clothing) for beauty and
clothing that guards (against evil), that is the best. This
is of the communications of Allah that they may be
mindful.
[7.27] O children of Adam! let not the Shaitan cause you to
fall into affliction as he expelled your parents from the
garden, pulling off from them both their
clothing that he might show them their evil inclinations,
he surely sees you, he as well as his host, from whence you
cannot see them; surely We have made the
Shaitans to be the guardians of those who do not believe.
[7.28] And when they commit an indecency they say: We found
our fathers doing this, and Allah has enjoined it on us.
Say: Surely Allah does not enjoin indecency; do you say
against Allah what you do not know?
[7.29] Say: My Lord has enjoined justice, and set upright
your faces at every time of prayer and call on Him, being
sincere to Him in obedience; as He brought
you forth in the beginning, so shall you also return.
[7.30] A part has He guided aright and (as for another)
part, error is justly their due, surely they took the
Shaitans for guardians beside Allah, and they
think that they are followers of the right
[7.31] O children of Adam! attend to your embellishments at
every time of prayer, and eat and drink and be not
extravagant; surely He does not love the
extravagant.
[7.32] Say: Who has prohibited the embellishment of Allah
which He has brought forth for His servants and the good
provisions? Say: These are for the believers
in the life of this world, purely (theirs) on the
resurrection day; thus do We make the communications clear
for a people who know.
[7.33] Say: My Lord has only prohibited indecencies, those
of them that are apparent as well as those that are
concealed, and sin and rebellion without
justice, and that you associate with Allah that for which
He has not sent down any authority, and that you say
against Allah what you do not know.
[7.34] And for every nation there is a doom, so when their
doom is come they shall not remain behind the least while,
nor shall they go before.
[7.35] O children of Adam! if there come to you apostles
from among you relating to you My communications, then
whoever shall guard (against evil) and act
aright-- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.
[7.36] And (as for) those who reject Our communications and
turn away from them haughtily-- these are the inmates of
the fire they shall abide in it.
[7.37] Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie
against Allah or rejects His communications? (As for)
those, their portion of the Book shall reach them,
until when Our messengers come to them causing them to die,
they shall say: Where is that which you used to call upon
besides Allah? They would say: They are gone away from us;
and they shall bear witness against themselves that they
were unbelievers
[7.38] He will say: Enter into fire among the nations that
have passed away before you from among jinn and men;
whenever a nation shall enter, it shall
curse its sister, until when they have all come up with one
another into it; the last of them shall say with regard to
the foremost of them: Our Lord! these led
us astray therefore give them a double chastisement of the
fire. He will say: Every one shall have double but you do
not know.
[7.39] And the foremost of them will say to the last of
them: So you have no preference over us; therefore taste
the chastisement for what you earned.
[7.40] Surely (as for) those who reject Our communications
and turn away from them haughtily, the doors of heaven
shall not be opened for them, nor shall they
enter the garden until the camel pass through the eye of
the needle; and thus do We reward the guilty.
[7.41] They shall have a bed of hell-fire and from above
them coverings (of it); and thus do We reward the unjust.
[7.42] And (as for) those who believe and do good We do not
impose on any soul a duty except to the extent of its
ability-- they are the dwellers of the garden;
in it they shall abide.
[7.43] And We will remove whatever of ill-feeling is in
their breasts; the rivers shall flow beneath them and they
shall say: All praise is due to Allah Who guided us to
this, and we would not have found the way had it not been
that Allah had guided us; certainly the apostles of our
Lord brought the truth; and it shall be cried out to them
that this is the garden of which you are made
heirs for what you did.
[7.44] And the dwellers of the garden will call out to the
inmates of the fire: Surely we have found what our Lord
promised us to be true; have you too found
what your Lord promised to be true? They will say: Yes.
Then a crier will cry out among them that the curse of
Allah is on the unjust.
[7.45] Who hinder (people) from Allah's way and seek to
make it crooked, and they are disbelievers in the
hereafter.
[7.46] And between the two there shall be a veil, and on
the most elevated places there shall be men who know all by
their marks, and they shall call out to the dwellers of the
garden: Peace be on you; they shall not have yet entered
it, though they hope.
[7.41] And when their eyes shall be turned towards the
inmates of the fire, they shall say: Our Lord! place us not
with the unjust 48 And the dwellers of the
most elevated places shall ca!l out to men whom they will
recognize by their marks saying: Of no avail were to you
your amassings and your behaving haughtily:
[7.49] Are these they about whom you swore that Allah will
not bestow mercy on them? Enter the garden; you shall have
no fear, nor shall you grieve.
[7.50] And the inmates of the fire shall call out to the
dwellers of the garden, saying: Pour on us some water or of
that which Allah has given you. They shall
say: Surely Allah has prohibited them both to the
unbelievers.
[7.51] Who take their religion for an idle sport and a play
and this life's world deceives them; so today We forsake
them, as they neglected the meeting of this day of theirs
and as they denied Our communications.
[7.52] And certainly We have brought them a Book which We
have made clear with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for
a people who believe.
[7.53] Do they wait for aught but its final sequel? On the
day when its final sequel comes about, those who neglected
it before will say: Indeed the apostles
of our Lord brought the truth; are there for us then any
intercessors so that they should intercede on our behalf?
Or could we be sent back so that we should
do (deeds) other than those which we did? Indeed they have
lost their souls and that which they forged has gone away
from them.
[7.54] Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens
and the earth in six periods of time, and He is firm in
power; He throws the veil of night over the
day, which it pursues incessantly; and (He created) the sun
and the moon and the stars, made subservient by His
command; surely His is the creation and the
command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
[7.55] Call on your Lord humbly and secretly; surely He
does not love those who exceed the limits.
[7.56] And do not make mischief in the earth after its
reformation, and call on Him fearing and hoping; surely the
mercy of Allah is nigh to those who do good
(to others).
[7.57] And He it is Who sends forth the winds bearing good
news before His mercy, until, when they bring up a laden
cloud, We drive it to a dead land, then
We send down water on it, then bring forth with it of
fruits of all kinds; thus shall We bring forth the dead
that you may be mindful.
[7.58] And as for the good land, its vegetation springs
forth (abundantly) by the permission of its Lord, and (as
for) that which is inferior (its herbage)
comes forth but scantily; thus do We repeat the
communications for a people who give thanks.
[7.59] Certainly We sent Nuh to his people, so he said: O
my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than Him;
surely I fear for you the chastisement of
a grievous day.
[7.60] The chiefs of his people said: Most surely we see
you in clear error.
[7.61] He said: O my people! there is no error in me, but I
am an apostle from the Lord of the worlds.
[7.62] I deliver to you the messages of my Lord, and I
offer you good advice and I know from Allah what you do not
know.
[7.63] What! do you wonder that a reminder has come to you
from your Lord through a man from among you, that he might
warn you and that you might guard (against evil) and so
that mercy may be shown to you?
[7.64] But they called him a liar, so We delivered him and
those with him in the ark, and We drowned those who
rejected Our communications; surely they were a
blind people.
[7.65] And to Ad (We sent) their brother Hud. He said: O my
people! serve Allah, you have no god other than Him; will
you not then guard (against evil)?
[7.66] The chiefs of those who disbelieved from among his
people said: Most surely we see you in folly, and most
surely we think you to be of the liars.
[7.67] He said: O my people! there is no folly in me, but I
am an apostle of the Lord of the worlds.
[7.68] I deliver to you the messages of my Lord and I am a
faithful adviser to you:
[7.69] What! do you wonder that a reminder has come to you
from your Lord through a man from among you that he might
warn you? And remember when He made you successors after
Nuh's people and increased you in excellence in respect of
make; therefore remember the benefits of Allah, that you
may be successful.
[7.70] They said: Have you come to us that we may serve
Allah alone and give up what our fathers used to serve?
Then bring to us what you threaten us with, if
you are of the truthful ones.
[7.71] He said: Indeed uncleanness and wrath from your Lord
have lighted upon you; what! do you dispute with me about
names which you and your fathers have given? Allah has not
sent any authority for them; wait then, I too with you will
be of those who wait.
[7.72] So We delivered him and those with him by mercy from
Us, and We cut off the last of those who rejected Our
communications and were not believers.
[7.73] And to Samood (We sent) their brother Salih. He
said: O my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than
Him; clear proof indeed has come to you from
your Lord; this is (as) Allah's she-camel for you-- a sign,
therefore leave her alone to pasture on Allah's earth, and
do not touch her with any harm, otherwise
painful chastisement will overtake you.
[7.74] And remember when He made you successors after Ad
and settled you in the land-- you make mansions on its
plains and hew out houses in the mountains--
remember therefore Allah's benefits and do not act
corruptly in the land, making mischief.
[7.75] The chief of those who behaved proudly among his
people said to those who were considered weak, to those who
believed from among them: Do you know that
Salih is sent by his Lord? They said: Surely we are
believers in what he has been sent with
[7.76] Those who were haughty said: Surely we are deniers
of what you believe in.
[7.77] So they slew the she-camel and revolted against
their Lord's commandment, and they said: O Salih! bring us
what you threatened us with, if you are one of
the apostles.
[7.78] Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became
motionless bodies in their abode.
[7.79] Then he turned away from them and said: O my people
I did certainly deliver to you the message of my Lord, and
I gave you good advice, but you do not love those who give
good advice.
[7.80] And (We sent) Lut when he said to his people: What!
do you commit an indecency which any one in the world has
not done before you?
[7.81] Most surely you come to males in lust besides
females; nay you are an extravagant people.
[7.82] And the answer of his people was no other than that
they said: Turn them out of your town, surely they are a
people who seek to purify (themselves).
[7.83] So We delivered him and his followers, except his
wife; she was of those who remained behind.
[7.84] And We rained upon them a rain; consider then what
was the end of the guilty.
[7.85] And to Madyan (We sent) their brother Shu'aib. He
said: 0 my people! serve Allah, you have no god other than
Him; clear proof indeed has come to you
from your Lord, therefore give full measure and weight and
do not diminish to men their things, and do not make
mischief in the land after its reform; this is
better for you if you are believers:
[7.86] And do not lie in wait in every path, threatening
and turning away from Allah's way him who believes in Him
and seeking to make it crooked; and remember
when you were few then He multiplied you, and consider what
was the end of the mischief-makers.
[7.87] And if there is a party of you who believe in that
with which am sent, and another party who do not believe,
then wait patiently until Allah judges between us; and He
is the best of the Judges.
[7.88] The chiefs, those who were proud from among his
people said: We will most certainly turn you out, O
Shu'aib, and (also; those who believe with you, from
our town, or you shall come back to our faith. He said:
What! though we dislike (it)?
[7.89] Indeed we shall have forged a lie against Allah If
we go back to your religion after Allah has delivered us
from It, and it befits us not that we should go back to it,
except if Allah our Lord please: Our Lord comprehends all
things :n His knowledge; in Allah do we trust: Our Lord!
decide between us and our people with truth; and Thou art
the best of deciders.
[7.90] And the chiefs of those who disbelieved from among
his people said: If you follow Shu'aib, you shall then most
surely be losers
[7.91] Then the earthquake overtook them, so they became
motionless bodies in their abode.
[7.92] Those who called Shu'aib a liar were as though they
had never dwelt therein; those who called Shu'aib a liar,
they were the losers.
[7.93] So he turned away from them and said: O my people!
certainly I delivered to you the messages of my Lord and I
gave you good advice; how shall I then be
sorry for an unbelieving people?
[7.94] And We did not send a prophet in a town but We
overtook its people with distress and affliction in order
that they might humble themselves.
[7.95] Then We gave them good in the place of evil until
they became many and said: Distress and happiness did
indeed befall our fathers. Then We took them by
surprise while they did not perceive. 96 And if the people
of the towns had believed and guarded (against evil) We
would certainly have opened up for them
blessings from the heaven and the earth, but they rejected,
so We overtook them for what they had earned.
[7.97] What! do the people of the towns then feel secure
from Our punishment coming to them by night while they
sleep?
[7.98] What! do the people of the towns feel secure from
Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they
play?
[7.99] What! do they then feel secure from Allah's plan?
But none feels secure from Allah's plan except the people
who shall perish.
[7.100] Is it not clear to those who inherit the earth
after its (former) residents that if We please We would
afflict them on account of their faults and
set a seal on their hearts so they would not hear.
[7.101] These towns-- We relate to you some of their
stories, and certainly their apostles came to them with
clear arguments, but they would not believe in
what they rejected at first; thus does Allah set a seal
over the hearts of the unbelievers
[7.102] And We did not find in most of them any
(faithfulness to) covenant, and We found most of them to be
certainly transgressors.
[7.103] Then we raised after them Musa with Our
communications to Firon and his chiefs, but they
disbelieved in them; consider then what was the end of the
mischief makers.
[7.104] And Musa said: O Firon! surely I am an apostle from
the Lord of the worlds:
[7.105] (I am) worthy of not saying anything about Allah
except the truth: I have come to you indeed with clear
proof from your Lord, therefore send with me
the children of Israel
[7.106] He said: If you have come with a sign, then bring
it, if you are of the truthful ones.
[7.107] So he threw his rod, then lo! it was a clear
serpent.
[7.108] And he drew forth his hand, and lo! it was white to
the beholders.
[7.109] The chiefs of Firon's people said: most surely this
is an enchanter possessed of knowledge:
[7.110] He intends to turn you out of your land. What
counsel do you then give?
[7.111] They said: Put him off and his brother, and send
collectors into the cities:
[7.112] That they may bring to you every enchanter
possessed of knowledge.
[7.113] And the enchanters came to Firon (and) said: We
must surely have a reward if we are the prevailing ones.
[7.114] He said: Yes, and you shall certainly be of those
who are near (to me).
[7.115] They said: O Musa! will you cast, or shall we be
the first to cast?
[7.116] He said: Cast. So when they cast, they deceived the
people's eyes and frightened them, and they produced a
mighty enchantment.
[7.117] And We revealed to Musa, saying: Cast your rod;
then lo! it devoured the lies they told.
[7.118] So the truth was established, and what they did
became null.
[7.119] Thus they were vanquished there, and they went back
abased.
[7.120] And the enchanters were thrown down, prostrating
(themselves).
[7.121] They said: We believe in the Lord of the worlds,
[7.122] The Lord of Musa and Haroun.
[7.123] Firon said: Do you believe in Him before I have
given you permission? Surely this is a plot which you have
secretly devised in this city, that you may
turn out of it its people, but you shall know:
[7.124] 1 will certainly cut off your hands and your feet
on opposite sides, then will I crucify you all together.
[7.125] They said: Surely to our Lord shall we go back:
[7.126] And you do not take revenge on us except because we
have believed in the communications of our Lord when they
came to us! Our Lord: Pour out upon us patience and cause
us to die in submission.
[7.127] And the chiefs of Firon's people said: Do you leave
Musa and his people to make mischief in the land and to
forsake you and your gods? He said: We will
slay their sons and spare their women, and surely we are
masters over them.
[7.128] Musa said to his people: Ask help from Allah and be
patient; surely the land is Allah's; He causes such of His
servants to inherit it as He pleases, and
the end is for those who guard (against evil).
[7.129] They said: We have been persecuted before you came
to us and since you have come to us. He said: It may be
that your Lord will destroy your enemy and
make you rulers in the land, then He will see how you act.
[7.130] And certainly We overtook Firon's people with
droughts and diminution of fruits that they may be mindful.
[7.131] But when good befell them they said: This is due to
us; and when evil afflicted them, they attributed it to the
ill-luck of Musa and those with him; surely their evil
fortune is only from Allah but most of them do not know.
[7.132] And they said: Whatever sign you may bring to us to
charm us with it-- we will not believe in you.
[7.133] Therefore We sent upon them widespread death, and
the locusts and the lice and the frog and the blood, clear
signs; but they behaved haughtily and they were a guilty
people.
[7.134] And when the plague fell upon them, they said: O
Musa! pray for us to your Lord as He has promised with you,
if you remove the plague from us, we will
certainly believe in you and we will certainly send away
with you the children of Israel.
[7.135] But when We removed the plague from them till a
term which they should attain lo! they broke (the promise).
[7.136] Therefore We inflicted retribution on them and
drowned them in the sea because they rejected Our signs and
were heedless of them.
[7.137] And We made the people who were deemed weak to
inherit the eastern lands and the western ones which We had
blessed; and the good word of your Lord was
fulfilled in the children of Israel because they bore up
(sufferings) patiently; and We utterly destroyed what Firon
and his people had wrought and what they
built.
[7.138] And We made the children of Israel to pass the sea;
then they came upon a people who kept to the worship of
their idols They said: O Musa! make for us a
god as they have (their) gods He said: Surely you are a
people acting ignorantly:
[7.139] (As to) these, surely that about which they are
shall be brought to naught and that which they do is vain.
[7.140] He said: What! shall I seek for you a god other
than Allah while He has made you excel (all) created
things?
[7.141] And when We delivered you from Firon's people who
subJected you to severe torment, killing your sons and
sparing your women, and in this there was
a great trial from your Lord.
[7.142] And We appointed with Musa a time of thirty nights
and completed them with ten (more), so the appointed time
of his Lord was complete forty nights, and Musa said to his
brother Haroun: Take my place among my people, and act well
and do not follow the way of the mischief-makers.
[7.143] And when Musa came at Our appointed time and his
Lord spoke to him, he said: My Lord! show me (Thyself), so
that I may look upon Thee. He said: You
cannot (bear to) see Me but look at the mountain, if it
remains firm in its place, then will you see Me; but when
his Lord manifested His glory to the mountain He made it
crumble and Musa fell down in a swoon; then when he
recovered, he said: Glory be to Thee, I turn to Thee, and I
am the first of the believers.
[7.144] He said: O Musa! surely I have chosen you above the
people with My messages and with My words, therefore take
hold of what I give to you and be of the grateful ones.
[7.145] And We ordained for him in the tablets admonition
of every kind and clear explanation of all things; so take
hold of them with firmness and enjoin your people to take
hold of what is best thereof; I will show you the abode of
the transgressors.
[7.146] 1 will turn away from My communications those who
are unjustly proud in the earth; and if they see every sign
they will not believe m It; and if they
see the way of rectitude they do not take It for a way, and
if they see the way of error. they take it for a way; this
is because they rejected Our communications and were
heedless of them.
[7.147] And (as to) those who reject Our communications and
the meeting of the hereafter, their deeds are null. Shall
they be rewarded except for what they have done?
[7.148] And Musa's people made of their ornaments a calf
after him, a (mere) body, which gave a mooing sound. What!
could they not see that it did not speak
to them nor guide them m the way? They took it (for
worship) and they were unjust.
[7.149] And when they repented and saw that they had gone
astray, they said: If our Lord show not mercy to us and
forgive us we shall certainly be of the
losers.
[7.150] And when Musa returned to his people, wrathful
(and) in violent grief, he said: Evil is it that you have
done after me; did you turn away from the
bidding of your Lord? And he threw down the tablets and
seized his brother by the head, dragging him towards him.
He said: Son of my mother! surely the people
reckoned me weak and had well-nigh slain me, therefore make
not the enemies to rejoice over me and count me not among
the unjust people.
[7.151] He said: My Lord! forgive me and my brother and
cause us to enter into Thy mercy, and Thou art the most
Merciful of the merciful ones.
[7.152] (As for) those who took the calf (for a god),
surely wrath from their Lord and disgrace in this world's
life shall overtake them, and thus do We
recompense the devisers of lies.
[7.153] And (as to) those who do evil deeds, then repent
after that and believe, your Lord after that is most surely
Forgiving, Merciful.
[7.154] And when Musa's anger calmed down he took up the
tablets, and in the writing thereof was guidance and mercy
for those who fear for the sake of their
Lord.
[7.155] And Musa chose out of his people seventy men for
Our appointment; so when the earthquake overtook them, he
said: My Lord! if Thou hadst pleased, Thou
hadst destroyed them before and myself (too); wilt Thou
destroy us for what the fools among us have done? It is
naught but Thy trial, Thou makest err with it
whom Thou pleasest and guidest whom Thou pleasest: Thou art
our Guardian, therefore forgive us and have mercy on us,
and Thou art the best of the forgivers.
[7.156] And ordain for us good in this world's life and m
the hereafter, for surely we turn to Thee. He said: (As
for) My chastisement, I will afflict with
it whom I please, and My mercy encompasses all things; so I
will ordain it (specially) for those who guard (against
evil) and pay the poor-rate, and those who believe in Our
communications.
[7.157] Those who follow the Apostle-Prophet, the Ummi,
whom they find written down with them in the Taurat and the
Injeel (who) enjoins them good and forbids
them evil, and makes lawful to them the good things and
makes unlawful to them impure things, and removes from them
their burden and the shackles which were
upon them; so (as for) those who believe in him and honor
him and help him, and follow the light which has been sent
down with him, these it is that are the
successful.
[7.158] Say: O people! surely I am the Apostle of Allah to
you all, of Him Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the
earth there is no god but He; He brings to
life and causes to die therefore believe in Allah and His
apostle, the Ummi Prophet who believes in Allah and His
words, and follow him so that you may walk
in the right way.
[7.159] And of Musa's people was a party who guided
(people) with the truth, and thereby did they do justice.
[7.160] And We divided them into twelve tribes, as nations;
and We revealed to Musa when his people asked him for
water: Strike the rock with your staff, so
outnowed from it twelve springs; each tribe knew its
drinking place; and We made the clouds to give shade over
them and We sent to them manna and quails: Eat of
the good things We have given you. And they did not do Us
any harm, but they did injustice to their own souls.
[7.161] And when it was said to them: Reside in this town
and eat from it wherever you wish, and say, Put down from
us our heavy burdens: and enter the gate making obeisance,
We will forgive you your wrongs: We will give more to
those who do good (to others).
[7.162] But those who were unjust among them changed it for
a saying other than that which had been spoken to them; so
We sent upon them a pestilence from heaven because they
were unjust.
[7.163] And ask them about the town which stood by the sea;
when they exceeded the limits of the Sabbath, when their
fish came to them on the day of their Sabbath, appearing on
the surface of the water, and on the day on which they did
not keep the Sabbath they did not come to them; thus did We
try them because they transgressed.
[7.164] And when a party of them said: Why do you admonish
a with a severe chastisement? They said: To be free from
blame before your Lord, and that haply they may guard
(against evil).
[7.165] So when they neglected what they had been reminded
of, We delivered those who forbade evil and We overtook
those who were unjust with an evil chastisement because
they transgressed.
[7.166] Therefore when they revoltingly persisted in what
they had been forbidden, We said to them: Be (as) apes,
despised and hated.
[7.167] And when your Lord announced that He would
certainly send against them to the day of resurrection
those who would subject them to severe torment; most
surely your Lord is quick to requite (evil) and most surely
He is Forgiving, Merciful.
[7.168] And We cut them up on the earth into parties,
(some) of them being righteous and (others) of them falling
short of that, and We tried them with blessings and
misfortunes that they might turn.
[7.169] Then there came after them an evil posterity who
inherited the Book, taking only the frail good of this low
life and saying: It will be forgiven us.
And if the like good came to them, they would take it
(too). Was not a promise taken from them in the Book that
they would not speak anything about Allah but
the truth, and they have read what is in it; and the abode
of the hereafter is better for those who guard (against
evil). Do you not then understand?
[7.170] And (as for) those who hold fast by the Book and
keep up prayer, surely We do not waste the reward of the
right doers.
[7.171] And when We shook the mountain over them as if it
were a covering overhead, and they thought that it was
going to fall down upon them: Take hold
of what We have given you with firmness, and be mindful of
what is in it, so that you may guard (against evil).
[7.172] And when your Lord brought forth from the children
of Adam, from their backs, their descendants, and made them
bear witness against their own souls: Am
I not your Lord? They said: Yes! we bear witness. Lest you
should say on the day of resurrection: Surely we were
heedless of this.
[7.173] Or you should say: Only our fathers associated
others (with Allah) before, and we were an offspring after
them: Wilt Thou then destroy us for what
the vain doers did?
[7.174] And thus do We make clear the communications, and
that haply they might return.
[7.175] And recite to them the narrative of him to whom We
give Our communications, but he withdraws himself from
them, so the Shaitan overtakes him, so he is of those who
go astray.
[7.176] And if We had pleased, We would certainly have
exalted him thereby; but he clung to the earth and followed
his low desire, so his parable is as the
parable of the dog; if you attack him he lolls out his
tongue; and if you leave him alone he lolls out his tongue;
this is the parable of the people who reject
Our communications; therefore relate the narrative that
they may reflect.
[7.177] Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our
communications and are unjust to their own souls.
[7.178] Whomsoever Allah guides, he is the one who follows
the right way; and whomsoever He causes to err, these are
the losers.
[7.179] And certainly We have created for hell many of the
jinn and the men; they have hearts with which they do not
understand, and they have eyes with which they do not see,
and they have ears with which they do not hear; they are
as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors; these are the
heedless ones.
[7.180] And Allah's are the best names, therefore call on
Him thereby, and leave alone those who violate the sanctity
of His names; they shall be recompensed for
what they did.
[7.181] And of those whom We have created are a people who
guide with the truth and thereby they do justice.
[7.182] And (as to) those who reject Our communications, We
draw them near (to destruction) by degrees from whence they
know not.
[7.183] And I grant them respite; surely My scheme is
effective.
[7.184] Do they not reflect that their companion has not
unsoundness in mind; he is only a plain warner.
[7.185] Do they not consider the kingdom of the heavens and
the earth and whatever things Allah has created, and that
may be their doom shall have drawn nigh; what announcement
would they then believe in after this?
[7.186] Whomsoever Allah causes to err, there is no guide
for him; and He leaves them alone in their inordinacy,
blindly wandering on.
[7.187] They ask you about the hour, when will be its
taking place? Say: The knowledge of it is only with my
Lord; none but He shall manifest it at its time;
it will be momentous in the heavens and the earth; it will
not come on you but of a sudden. They ask you as if you
were solicitous about it. Say: Its knowledge
is only with Allah, but most people do not know.
[7.188] Say: I do not control any benefit or harm for my
own soul except as Allah please; and had I known the unseen
I would have had much of good and no evil would have
touched me; I am nothing but a warner and the giver of good
news to a people who believe.
[7.189] He it is Who created you from a single being, and
of the same (kind) did He make his mate, that he might
incline to her; so when he covers her she bears
a light burden, then moves about with it; but when it grows
heavy, they both call upon Allah, their Lord: If Thou
givest us a good one, we shall certainly be
of the grateful ones.
[7.190] But when He gives them a good one, thcy set up with
Him associates in what He has given them; but high is Allah
above what they associate (with Him).
[7.191] What! they associate (with Him) that which does not
create any thing, while they are themselves created!
[7.192] And they have no power to give them help, nor can
they help themselves.
[7.193] And if you invite them to guidance, they will not
follow you; it is the same to you whether you invite them
or you are silent.
[7.194] Surely those whom you call on besides Allah are in
a state of subjugation like yourselves; therefore call on
them, then let them answer you if you are truthful.
[7.195] Have they feet with which they walk, or have they
hands with which they hold, or have they eyes with which
they see, or have they ears with which they
hear? Say: Call your associates, then make a struggle (to
prevail) against me and give me no respite.
[7.196] Surely my guardian is Allah, Who revealed the Book,
and He befriends the good.
[7.197] And those whom you call upon besides Him are not
able to help you, nor can they help themselves.
[7.198] And if you invite them to guidance, they do not
hear; and you see them looking towards you, yet they do not
see.
[7.199] Take to forgiveness and enjoin good and turn aside
from the ignorant.
[7.200] And if a false imputation from the Shaitan afflict
you, seek refuge in Allah; surely He is Hearing, Knowing.
[7.201] Surely those who guard (against evil), when a
visitation from the Shaitan afflicts them they become
mindful, then lo! they see.
[7.202] And their brethren increase them in error, then
they cease not.
[7.203] And when you bring them not a revelation they say:
Why do you not forge it? Say: I only follow what is
revealed to me from my Lord; these are clear
proofs from your Lord and a guidance and a mercy for a
people who believe.
[7.204] And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it
and remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you.
[7.205] And remember your Lord within yourself humbly and
fearing and in a voice not loud in the morning and the
evening and be not of the heedless ones.
[7.206] Surely those who are with your Lord are not too
proud to serve Him, and they declare His glory and throw
themselves down in humility before Him.
